Recently, after finally finishing Ishmael and Self Raised (it seemed to take us a very long time to get through them no matter how much we enjoyed them) we read “Shadows and Secrets” by Chautona Havig.
Chautona Havig is a contemporary author, living in California. She is married and the mother of nine children and grandmother of two. “Shadows and Secrets” is her third published work. Others include, “Noble Pursuits” and “Argosy Junction”.
“Shadows and Secrets” was published on 2009. This book contains 23 chapters or sections and is 246 pages in length. It also includes a map and a glossary of words.
“Shadows and Secrets” opens in a little village located in England during the thirteenth century. Phillip, an under-educated fletcher’s apprentice, accidentally endangers his life and is saved by the young “Ge-sceaft” or “creature” who is the terror of the village. The “creature” turns out to simply be a cloaked little girl, whom Phillip calls Dove. Dove has few friends and is feared by nearly everyone for reasons that Phillip cannot entirely understand. Always entirely covered by a cloak so that you can’t see so much as her face or her hands, Dove is a mystery but also a close friend to the young apprentice. When the two overhear a plot to injure Lord Morgan’s daughter, can they warn the Earl in time to prevent mischief? And is it possible that there is more danger beneath the surface?
I read this book aloud to my sisters and each of us enjoyed very much. It was intriguing, suspenseful and entertaining. I would definitely recommend this book.
We also carry this book in the Books for Pleasure and Learning category of our Amazon aStore, which you can visit here!
To the KING be all the glory!
Sounds very exciting! :D
~Jamie
Well… gulp… don’t I feel like blushing! Eeek!
Thank you!
Chautona (who must now go back to editing the sequel of said book or it’ll never get done!)